see this latest news item re how Vatican has laicized 3 priests for sexual abuse of minors
The short answer to the question above: because he had friends in high places, namely Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican Sec of State.
Also because Pope JPII handlers et al, "wanted to spare him the stress" of knowing that one of the people he admired was a pedophile and a fraud
"The Vatican permanently removed three priests in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Tuesday due to allegations of improper behavior involving minors.
Three priests- Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Feldhaus, and Ronald Cooper have been permanently removed from both the rights and the obligations of the priesthood after a canonical process. The decisions were made by a panel of three judges in another diocese and affirmed by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) at the Vatican.The canonical process is described on the Archdiocese's website.
“I hope that this resolution will bring some measure of closure and healing to anyone harmed by these priests,” said the Most Reverend Dennis M. Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati, in a news release. “With this decision, all of the cases presented to the CDF have been dealt with and we have no more priests of the Archdiocese on administrative leave...."
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